I do want the Longstrike, but then I noticed its reviews. I'm just hoping to see most of the Elite Repaint sub-series come out.
Here's my wishlist of that line:
Jolt
Nite Finder EX-3
Maverick REV-6
Longshot
Barrel Break IX-2
Then I'm wondering if there'll be an Elite Repaint Stampede and Barricade RV-10. Heck, maybe even the Rayven-no wait that thing actually just got an enhanced reshell in the N-Strike Elite repaint line....
the longstrike can be modded to work well (i proved that with my alpha trooper, cause it has similar internals -reverse plunger)
and what it lacks in performance it makes up for with awsome looks and bolt action.
i have the LS, its pretty good but fiddly to modd and has fragile internals. an elite longstrike would be awsome!
The Stockade is pretty much an Elite Barricade, except much better IMHO. I dumped two of the latter without blinking, but am paying money to repair one of the former.
I have two stock Longstrikes that have been waiting for attention. I don't want to do too much because I'd surely run into the Law of Diminishing Returns... But I'm hoping I can do a bare minimum of stuff like doubling springs, removing air restrictor, Teflon-taping O-ring.
Makes me wonder why Nerf didn't just make them more durable like the Longshot.
Not sure. If I can't actually do that, I'll just sort through one of my spare springs as an outright replacement. And if that doesn't work, OMW stands at the ready. ?
spring upgrades on reverse plunger CS blasters are hard. could you swap internals with a retaliator like you can with the recon?
1) Maybe I had it easy because I upgraded my Alpha Trooper, Raider and Recon with OMW's handy Massacre kits.
2) Do you mean putting Retaliator guts in a Recon? Or vice-versa?
yeah, you can swap most of the parts in the retaliator and recon. so you could have a gun that looks like a recon but is really a retaliator. or you could put the retaliator dart post and muzzle in the recon so you would get better reliability.  with a reverse plunger, if you modd the seal properly, when you pull the slide back and its already primed with a dart in the chamber, it ejects the dart back into the mag.
or when you prime it, it sorta sucks a dart into the chamber.
so it wont jam when you double cock it. believe it or not it really helps!
somebody is selling a modded recon on ebay, check it out! retaliator internals in recon